Ephraim Cohen

Friday reminder from the WSJ - misinformation and fake news have been driving problematic popular movements for quiet some time...https://www.wsj.com/science/french-revolution-economic-fears-epidemiology-53285662

Is it me or is the Claude Artifacts launch a next step in making anyone an app developer? (note to low-code and no-code platforms - I love you but you're still for people who can handle a steeper learning curve).

Guess ChatGPT can write in the image. And can remind me that we've been through the brain rot scare before (not that it's wrong, it's just not new). Note, it can write in the image, but it still needs work on icon and design matching to the words.

So much winning — in 15 charts The fallout from ‘Liquidation Day’

Never needed the British editorial sensibility more - on.ft.com/44emrJv So much winning — in 15 charts

Creepy factor aside (and you were nervous about Alexa "listening") the types of data and analysis we might be able to do as a result of physical AI is fascinating.

Local newsrooms are using AI to listen in on public meetings Chalkbeat and Midcoast Villager have already published stories with sources and leads pulled from AI transcriptions.

Local news has high trust and demand but can be too costly. Maybe not investigative reporting but can generative AI "reporters" report on live events? They can listen and report. Just like your video meeting summaries. www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/loca...

Opinion | Just When We Need Them, the Media’s Credibility Hits Bottom Journalists harrumph at Trump’s actions, but no one cares anymore. I say that with no satisfaction.

"But I would be willing to bet that in less than a decade you’ll come to trust the output of some bot more than the tendentious efforts of some partial reporter. Or for that matter the cynical musings of a jaded columnist." via @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/just...

Opinion | 2024 Was the ‘Device ID’ Election The Trump campaign aimed streaming ads with precise messages at swayable voters.

Political campaigns are often strong examples of data-driven, business-impact communications campaigns. Good take from the WSJ on Trump's campaign using IDs for targeting - just replace with a brand campaign and major data platform (eg, Omnicom's Omni 3.0). www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Column: Why the American media and their critics won't stop telling the same lie As public opinion of Donald Trump, climate change and more show, the press is not as important as journalists and their detractors claim, especially now.

Good take as to how the combination of ego and self-interest prevent changes in more traditional (i.e., been around a while) media, despite continued fall in trust and audience. Tx @jonahg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Project Overview ‹ AlterEgo – MIT Media Lab AlterEgo is a  non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with machines, artificial intel…

Just a friendly reminder to all nervous about GenAI - today's apps are simply a stopgap until we merge our brains with computers (this isn't new - just a reminder as to where things may be heading). www.media.mit.edu/projects/alt...

A reasonable explanation of the cause of so much chaos.

Don't mind showing off the damn good colleagues I get to work with every day - fleishmanhillard.com/2024/11/flei...

Industry media is not just moving over but cutting ties.

Will get posting soon. For now, watching the stream of news media shifting over to BlueSky (and this platform seems to be doing a nice job of welcoming them).

Welcome! X/Twitter has long been the "newswire" of sorts. As news orgs move to use Bluesky as the main platform, others will follow.